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I want to rename this “The Most Popular Cake You Will Ever Make”, but that’s pretty long and it’s not going to help you find the recipe again. I’m pretty sure it really is the most popular cake you will ever make. Even better than that it’s easy and you will really, really, really like it, a lot. It get’s better than that. It freezes beautifully for up to 6 months. No, this is not a knife infomercial. Yes, you should make this cake as is and then make it again with whatever substitutions you think you should make. May I present, for your eating pleasure (I guess if you don’t make it, it’s only for your viewing pleasure. That would be a shame.), the Strawberry Chantilly Cake.

I’ve seen so many recipes for protein bars, lara bars, protein balls and the like. I finally got dragged onto the bandwagon. I think these would be better as balls actually or even in little muffin tins for individual bites, but if quick and easy is what you need, this way works great, too.

You’ve got company coming over. You want to impress them with a gorgeous, flaky, gourmet looking homemade pie. As they say, the devil is in the details. With pie this is truth.

If a cracked crust isn’t on your menu, may I humbly suggest venting your fruit pies properly will keep your crust intact. As far as keeping your sanity intact when company is coming, you’ll have to figure that one out on your own!

This will be a short and sweet post! Short in part because the originator of this recipe has requested the recipe be linked to rather than posted and sweet because, well, it’s about sugar cookies! Actually, this is quite possibly THE recipe for sugar cookies. I can almost guarantee that they will get you invited back to parties, win the respect and admiration of your co-workers, family members and complete strangers should they be so lucky to try your cookies. I dare say, they might even get you a marriage proposal (if that’s what you’re looking for and your Mr. or Miss “right” isn’t gluten-intolerant, vegetarian, or -> diabetic).

Cinnamon rolls – the epitome of breakfast pastry, yet the perfect recipe can be so illusive.

Dry and crumbly is the worst offender in my opinion, followed by bland, over baked and lastly under baked. You see, there are a lot of ways to make a cinnamon roll not only unworthy of consuming the sugar and empty calories, but just a down right day ruiner. Is that overly dramatic? I think not. No, it explains it perfectly with no drama at all. Before you skip over to a more optimistic blog let me tell you, there’s only good news from here! Simple, divine, delectable, delicious cinnamon rolls can be yours with a minimal amount of effort, expense and dishes to be washed. Yep, a celebration, including cinnamon rolls, is in order.